How long is the tour?

The experience runs about four hours with transportation between three tasting stops.

What is included in the tasting?

You’ll get a welcome drink on the vehicle, three beer samples at Bogside Brewing, seafood chowder at Windows on the Water, and six cider samples at Double Hill Cidery.

Seafood chowder is included; additional food at Bogside Brewing can be purchased separately.

What is the group size?

Groups are limited to a maximum of 15 guests for a small-group experience.

Yes, the guide is island-born and provides local history, farm and coastal insights, and tasting context.

East Treat Tour: Charlottetown Brewery, Bay Chowder & Cider Tasting

Q: Where do I meet the tour?

Pickup and drop-off are at Founder’s Hall, Charlottetown, PE - 6 Prince St, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P5, Canada.

On Prince Edward Island’s eastern shore, the East Treat Tour is a four-hour introduction to the island’s food and drink scene, anchored in Charlottetown and spilling into the bayside countryside. Beginning at Founder’s Hall, Charlottetown, PE - 6 Prince St, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P5, Canada, the route threads through salt air and farmland toward Bogside Brewing, Windows on the Water at Montague Bay, and Double Hill Cidery. It’s compact, social, and built for anyone who wants to taste the place as much as see it. Bogside Brewing opens the tour with a flight of three craft beers in a lively taproom; the brewpub sits within reach of coastal marshes and red sandstone soils that define eastern PEI’s landscape. You’ll learn small-batch brewing notes from your island-born guide and can purchase a fuller meal at the brewery’s restaurant. From there the vehicle drops you at Windows on the Water, where an included cup of seafood chowder comes with a view across Montague Bay — a tidal estuary that strings together lobster gear, eelgrass beds, and shorebirds. The tour concludes on a pastoral note at Double Hill Cidery, sampling a flight of six ciders while perched above rolling fields that turn gold in late summer and crimson in fall. Apple varieties, orchard plantings, and cider-making techniques get a front-row explanation; tasting six styles back-to-back reveals how soil, salt, and microclimate shape flavor. Between stops your guide layers in history: Charlottetown’s 1864 conference that shaped Canada’s future, and the island’s long dependence on sea and soil. Practical details matter: the group size is capped at 15, minimum age is 19, and transportation is in an air-conditioned vehicle with pickup and drop-off at Founder’s Hall. The experience balances tasting with short walks and photo stops, so bring a light jacket and comfortable shoes. This is a tour about provenance — local grain, island seafood, and orchard fruit — presented by people who were raised on these roads. Why book it? East Treat Tour is more than a tasting itinerary; it’s a short-field course in how eastern PEI eats and drinks the landscape. For visitors staying in Charlottetown or exploring the Confederation Trail, it’s an efficient, convivial way to sip, sample, and leave with a few favorite bottles and a clearer sense of place. Tours run year-round with menus and tasting lists that change with harvests and brewery schedules, making repeat trips worthwhile for repeat visitors. Guides are local and conversational, happy to recommend off-hour beaches, farmers’ stalls, and the best lane for apple picking; this local intelligence turns a tasting into a small traveling education. Book at Founder’s Hall and arrive hungry: you’ll leave knowing the flavors and people behind eastern PEI’s foodways today.

East Treat Tour: Charlottetown Brewery, Bay Chowder & Cider Tasting

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